This course covers the history and development of the English language over approximately 16 centuries. It is based on a popular textbook and video/DVD series entitled The Story of English.

This is an upper-level writing course that uses picture stories to stimulate the students' imaginations. Students are urged to approach the picture stories as creatively as possible, and to develop their personal versions of the stories with their unique details.

Students in this course will begin by discussing a range of topics. After identifying topics and issues of interest and relevance, students will divide into teams to debate the pros and cons of the issues that they have chosen.

This course exposes students to a broad range of weekly conversation topics and activities. As homework, each student will provide a written one-page summary of their in-class discussions.